Events in the life of Columbus, the Admiral, including his efforts to obtain ships and money to sail to the West, his first voyage, and his discovery of the New World.

This little book tells why we have a day called Thanksgiving and how it all came about. It relates the story of a Pilgrim family and their voyage, planting, harvesting of crops, and giving thanks for G

Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial settlements.

Christmas stories arranged to celebrate the first Christmas, to recount tales of wonder, to describe early American festivities, and to tell of Christmas in other lands. Includes works by such authors as Alice Dalgliesh, Kenneth Grahame, Katherine Milhous, Eric P. Kelly, and Rachel Field.